Linecrossers, A History of the the Most Highly Decorated Dutch Resistance Group of the Second World War
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Join us on April 14th to hear military historian Jelle Simons delve into the remarkable achievements of the Liniecrossers, the most highly decorated Dutch resistance group of the Second World War.
About Liniecrossers
The Netherlands, November 1944
The Allies liberated most of the south of the Netherlands. The rest of the country remains under German occupation and suffers from famine, daily bombardments and Nazi terror. The only physical way into the occupied zone lies in an extensive area of freshwater tidal wetlands, known as the Biesbosch. With help from American, British and Dutch intelligence services, a small group of local resistance fighters weaponize their unmatched knowledge of this area to set up a clandestine ferry service between liberty and the Third Reich. Using rowing boats and canoes, these so-called line-crossers cross the frontline 374 times, transporting military intelligence, secret agents, weapons, downed allied pilots, refugees and a stunning 16 million vials of insulin. Who were these brave men and women? How did they manage to dodge enemy bullets, landmines and mortar fire during their many voyages to and from the occupied territories? And what can we say about the numerous British and American troops they brought to safety?
On April 14th, the members of the Netherland Club of New York will learn the answers to these and other questions as Jelle Simons, author of the book ‘Liniecrossers, Frontkoeriers van het Verzet’ (Linecrossers, Couriers of the Dutch Resistance), takes us back to the last gruesome months of the Second World War and elaborates on the bravery of a group of young men and women who put everything on the line for Queen and country.
Lecture will be given in English.
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